David Cross

David Cross was born in Atlanta, GA on April 4, 1964. His father abandoned the family when David was 10 years old and they moved to nearby Roswell. His classmates at Atlanta's Northside High School of the Performing Arts voted him "Most Humorous." After high school, Cross moved to Boston, MA, but after only a year and a half at Emerson College, he left to pursue a career as a stand-up comedian on the local comedy scene. He began his career in television on Fox's seminal "The Ben Stiller Show" (1992-93). Although hired on as a writer, Cross occasionally made brief appearances in some of the sketches, including a memorable role in one of the show's most ambitious sketches, "The Legend of T.J. ...